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freemen of their district to consult for the common good, give instructions to their Representatives, or to apply to the Legislature for redress of grievances by address, petition, or...

Constitution of Frankland.
Sect. 23. Justices of the peace shall be elected for each county, ten or more, by the freemen, as shall, by the General Assembly, be thought necessary for each, of those residing within the same, and qualified as...

Constitution of Frankland.
Sect. 41. The Legislature hereafter to be chosen shall provide that marriages, in this commonwealth, be regularly and solemnly celebrated, between one man and one woman, before free and single.
Sect. 42. That this...

This one-page handwritten form is an Abstract K, recording information that will be reflected in the quarterly return known as the Return of Quartermaster Stores (Form No. 23). Listed here by the regimental quartermaster are the dates, voucher...

A small, run-down cabin with an old stone chimney on the left. An elderly man and woman are standing in front of the open doorway. He is stooped and holding a cane. She has a crutch under each arm. Both appear to be dressed in their best. Behind...

The Palace Mills or more properly, The Winter's Palace Mills, was started by John Gano Winter. By the 1840s-1850s the business is said to have cornered the flour market within a 100 mile radius of Columbus, Georgia. By 1859, Randolph Mott was the...

Large Butterfly quilt hanging from a clothesline. The quilt has alternating blocks of light and dark green set on point, so they appear as diamonds. A butterfly with brown-and-tan-checked wings is appliqued within each light green square.

Call to the District Court of the Confederate States of America in Nashville by Clerk Jacob McGavock for N. E. Alloway. Alloway is the garnishee, answering the interrogatories of the Court dealing with property and allegiances. Authorization...

Christopher Ammonss1970 selective service card shows his name and signature on one side and physical description on the reverse. The classification of IV-A would have exempted him from service (for those whose military obligation was completed, or...

Circular to members of the General Assembly.
Knoxville 4th July 1796.
Sir
I have received information from the Honorable Messrs. Blount and Cocke; That Tennessee is by and act of Congress admitted as a member State of the Union.
By this act we...

Communication from J. S. Johnson in North Carolina containing Special Order No. 5 from General J. E. Johnston, C. S. A., commanding the officers and soldiers of the Confederate Army and Navy not to take up arms against the United States, and...

Letter ordering an officer to go with a guard of one non-commissioned officer and six men in order to take charge of a passenger train on the Rome Railroad; the letter includes additional instructions. An example of the form to be kept is...